• When did needing help become shameful?
    When did people begin to ignore the needy one?
    When did the wounded realize that it’s safer to heal in shadow?
    When people quit caring
    They can hurt with impunity
    When people don’t stop to think about their words
    They can destroy a life
    When a child cries they are helped
    When a grown-up cries they are pitied
    When a teen cries, they are ridiculed and pushed into shadow
    I know the shadow
    It is where I live
    Sometimes being ignored is good
    But sometimes others reach in with a sword & hurt you worse
    Will someone come into the shadow willingly
    To coax out the frightened?
    To heal the wounded?
    To free the chained?
    To give Hope?
    Jesus did once, will His chosen not do the same??
    When will people wake up
    Will the wounded be helped by the people who wounded them?
    Will the damage be amended for?
    Tell me when
    Then I will come out of the shadow.